Ranger Rick has long been recognized as the leading nature magazine for kids aged 7 and up. It has won some of the most prestigious awards and honors in educational publishing:
Parents’ Choice Foundation (www.parents-choice.org)
- Gold Award Magazine, 2020
- Gold Award Magazine, 2019
- Gold Award Magazine, 2018
- Gold Award Magazine, 2017
- Gold Award Magazine, 2016
- Gold Award Magazine, 2015
- Gold Award Magazine, 2014
- Gold Award Magazine, 2013
- Gold Award Magazine, 2012
- Gold Award Magazine, 2011
- Silver Award Magazine, 2010
- Gold Award Magazine, 2009
- Gold Award Magazine, 2008
- Award Winner, 2006 (for Kids & Families Website)
- Gold Award Magazine, 2003
- Gold Award Magazine, 1999
- Gold Award Magazine, 1996
Association of American Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award (www.publishers.org)
2017
- Best Article Design (“Meet the Beetles”)
- Best Single Issue (October 2016)
- Best Cover (December-January 50th Anniversary Issue)
- Best Overall Editorial
2016
- Best Article Design (“Glass Frogs”)
- Best Illustrations (“The Greatest Show on Earth”)
- Best Single Issue Design (August 2015 issue)
- Best Single Issue Editorial (October 2015 issue)
- Best Overall Publication
2015
- Best Overall Editorial
- Best Single Issue Editorial (March 2014 issue)
- Best Article Design (“Stranger than Fiction”)
- Best Photography (“It’s Raining”)
2014
- Periodical of the Year for grades 3-6
- Best Illustration, Graphics, and Photography (“Fox for All Seasons”)
2013
- Best Visual Story (“What’s for Dinner?”)
- Best Mobile/Wireless Learning Tool (Ranger Rick’s Tree House)
- Gold Award: Best Educational Innovation of the Year (Ranger Rick’s Tree House)
2012
- Best Visual Story (“Wasps”)
- Best Feature Article (“Not-So-Freaky Frogs”)
2011
- Periodical of the Year for Children (Grades K-5)
- Best Feature Article (“Got Blood?”)
- Best Visual Story (“Creature Features”)
- Best Photograph (“Frog and Earthworm”)
2010
- Periodical of the Year for Children (Grades K-5)
- Best Feature Story (“Nature Did It First”)
- Best Visual Story (“Wild and Weird”)
- Best Photograph
2009
- Best Design/Whole Publication (October 2008 issue)
- Best Article Design (“Noisy Boys Band”)
- Best Feature Article (“Noisy Boys Band”)
2008
- Best Visual Story (“Island of the Bats”)
- Best Photograph (“Fruit Eating Bat”)
2007
- Best Magazine Illustration (“What’s Lurking in Your Lawn?”)
- Best Visual Article (“Skin”)
- Best Feature Story (“The Scoop on Poop”)
- Best Visual Story (“Hum, Hum Hummers”)
2006
- Best Visual Story (“Face to Face”)
- Best How-To Feature (“Six Trix for Better Pix”)
- Best Teacher’s Guide
- Best Informational/Educational Website
2004
- Best Feature Article (“Meat-Eating Plants”)
2003
- Best Feature Article (“Open Wide, Look Inside, It’s Alive!”)
- Best Illustration (“Open Wide, Look Inside, It’s Alive!”)
- Best How-To Feature (“Good Pet, Bad Pet”)
- Best Visual Story (“Wahoo, Kangaroo!”)
2001
- Golden Lamp Award finalist
- Winner for Best Visual Story (“All About Me”)
Note: Before 2000 or so, the Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) was known as EdPress.
1998
- EdPress Winner for Primates Special Issue (October 1997 issue)
1993
- EdPress Golden Lamp Honor Award
1992
- EdPress Distinguished Achievement Award
1988
- EdPress Golden Lamp Award for best overall magazine (October 1987 issue)
National Parenting Publications Awards (www.nappaawards.com)
- Silver Award in Children’s Products Virtual Category
for Ranger Rick’s Tree House (2013)
Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Awards (themailbox.com)
2007
- Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family
2006
- Teachers’ Choice Award for the Family (for Ranger Rick magazine and its Educator’s Guide)
Other Awards:
- 2001 – Folio Editorial Excellence Award Silver Winner for Outstanding Editorial Work
- 1996 – Society of National Association Publishers General Excellence Award
- 1991 – National Magazine Award finalist for special issue on frogs